Osage County authorities update search for man in Silver Alert

Raleigh Heskett, 67, of Lyndon has been missing since Sunday night. He no longer wears glasses and is in nead of medication and medical attention.

Raleigh Heskett, 67, of Lyndon, has been missing since late Sunday. He may be driving a van of a similar make and model as the one pictured, but his is brown with tan swirled detailing.

Osage County authorities on Wednesday released an updated photograph of a man who is the subject of a two-day old Silver Alert and a van that is similar to his while continuing to ask for the public’s help in the search.

Authorities on Wednesday also stressed the importance of promptly locating him given a severe injury he suffered and the need for him to take his regular medication.

Raleigh D. Heskett, 67, was last seen by his family at 11 p.m. Sunday at his Lyndon home.

Sheriff Laurie Dunn said Heskett late Sunday sustained a severe laceration to his right forearm. In addition to that injury, Dunn said, enough time has passed since he was went missing that he now also needs to take his regular medication.

“It is our opinion he needs medical attention for (the laceration), and now we’re at the point where he needs to take his regular medication,” she said, noting authorities are unsure how he sustained the injury but among their concerns is blood loss.

Just after his family last saw him, further investigation indicated Heskett was spotted on video and by witnesses in the midnight hour south of Osage County in Coffey County at a Lebo gas station.

Heskett is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has a gray beard and mustache and a panther and cobra tattoo on his left arm.

He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black ball cap with “CONVOY” written on it. He was driving a brown 2002 GMC full-size van with a lighter brown swirl design. The vehicle bore Kansas licence plate 417DCF.

Dunn said authorities have probed “five or six” leads that came from inside and outside of Osage County, but all have come up empty. She encouraged anyone who may have information to report it right away.

The media was first alerted Monday to his disappearance.

“We very much appreciate the tips,” Dunn said.

Anyone with information may contact the Osage County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 828-3121, Crime Stoppers at 1-877-OS-CRIME, local law enforcement or 911.